This Edmonton Oil Kings playoff team on training wheels doesn’t appear to learn their lessons. The 15-year-old played his second straight playoff game Friday night. In 2015, only one playoff series went seven. Dating back to 2014, the number of WHL playoff games have gone from 74 to 77 to 76, to 77 to 80 to 85 to 87 games. “It’s one of the challenges we have,” admitted the commissioner, who concedes one Memorial Cup champion in 10 years doesn’t look good on the league.

Source: National Post March 30, 2019 04:30 UTC